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28 On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 Yahweh said to Moses, “I am Yahweh. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you.”

30 Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”

Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did. Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Aaron Is Moses’ Spokesman

28 And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. (A)Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”

30 But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, (B)I am [a]of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”

Moses Before Pharaoh

So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you (C)as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be (D)your prophet. You (E)shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. And (F)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and (G)multiply My (H)signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. But (I)Pharaoh will not heed you, so (J)that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My [b]armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt (K)by great judgments. And the Egyptians (L)shall know that I am the Lord, when I (M)stretch out My hand on Egypt and (N)bring out the children of Israel from among them.”

Then Moses and Aaron (O)did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did. And Moses was (P)eighty years old and (Q)Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:30 One who does not speak well
  2. Exodus 7:4 hosts